Referencing a Book in MLA 8

Book: The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mohandas K. Gandhi

Required Metadata of the Book:

1. Author’s Name: Mohandas K. Gandhi
2. Title: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
3. Publisher: Beacon Press
4. Year of Publication: 1957

Referencing the Book:

Gandhi, Mohandas K. The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Beacon Press, 1957.

Anatomy of the referencing:

Author’s Surname Author’s Other Name(s) The Title of the Book in Italic. Publisher’s Name Year of publication
First character of each word excluding preposition, First character of each (Not the date)
conjunction and articles becomes Capital word becomes Capital

Gandhi , Mohandas K . The Story of My Experiments with Truth . Beacon Press , 1957 .

Comma and a Space Full Stop and a Space Full Stop and a Space Comma and a Space Full stop

In case of Two Authors:

‘and’ between two names

Schwartz, Jeffrey M. and Begley, Sharon. Other parts are same.

In case of multiple author or
In case of Three or more Authors: creator, this role is applicable for
First Author’s Name referencing everything.
(Surname Forename style) ‘et al’ (means and others)

Davis, James E. , et al . Other parts are same.

Comma and a space
 Referencing a Journal/Magazine Article in MLA 8
Article in Reader’s Digest: Southeast Asia’s Top Sports by Adam Hodge.

Required Metadata of the Magazine Article:

1. Author(s) Name of the Article: Adam Hodge
2. Title of the Article: Southeast Asia’s Top Sports
3. Name of the Journal/Magazine: Reader’s Digest
4. Volume Number: 110
5. Issue Number: 649
6. Year of Publication: 2017
7. Pages: 26-27

Referencing the Article:

Hodge, Adam. “Southeast Asia’s Top Sports.” Reader’s Digest. Vol. 110, No. 649, 2017, pp. 26-27.

Anatomy of the referencing:

Author’s Author’s Title of the Article Magazine/Journal Title Volume Number Issue Number Pages
Surname Other Name(s) (Within two Inverted Commas) (in Italic) (as Vol.) (as No.) Year (as pp.)

Hodge , Adam . “ Southeast Asia’s Top Sports .” Reader’s Digest . Vol. 110, No. 649, 2017 , pp. 26-27.
Comma and a space Full Stop Full Stop A Space Full Stop Comma Comma Comma Dash
and a Space and a Space and a Space and a Space and a Space
Full Stop

In case of Two or Three Authors, the System is like book referencing.

 Referencing a Website in MLA 8

Website: http://www.australian-information-stories.com/climate-of-australia.html

Required Metadata for this website:

1. Title of the Article: Climate of Australia, Australian Weather Guide
2. Title of the Webpage: Australian Tales, Discover Your Inner Aussie
3. Web Address: http://www.australian-information-stories.com/climate-of-australia.html
4. Date of Visiting the Website: 25/09/2019

Referencing the Website:

“Climate of Australia, Australian Weather Guide.” Australian Tales, Discover Your Inner Aussie, http://www.australian-information-stories.com/climate-of-
australia.html. Accessed 25 September 2019.

Anatomy of the referencing:

Title of the Article
(Within two Inverted Commas) Title of the Webpage in Italic

“ Climate of Australia, Australian Weather Guide .” Australian Tales, Discover Your Inner Aussie ,

Full Address of the Website Full Stop and a Space Comma and a Space

http://www.australian-information-stories.com/climate-of-australia.html . Accessed 25 September 2019 .

Full Stop and a Space Full Stop

Date of Visiting the Website

(To be written in the same style)

In case of Websites Articles having author(s), the authors name comes first (before the Title of the Article). The Author’s Name
gets the same format as it gets for book’s author (Surname, Forename).
 Referencing a Photograph (Digital) in MLA 8

Photograph (digital): Because of the surplus of mangoes, some of these are given away for free

 Required Metadata for this photograph:

1. Creator’s name: Jam Melchor

2. Title of the digital image: Because of the surplus of
mangoes, some of these are given away for free
3. Title of the website: Yummy.ph
4. Publisher: Summit Media
5. Publication Date: 2018
6. URL: https://www.yummy.ph/news-trends/yellow-
mango-surplus-philippines-luzon-2019-a00260-
20190603

Referencing the Photograph:

Melchor, Jim. “Because of the surplus of mangoes, some of these are given away for free.” Yummy.ph, Summit Media, 2018, https://www.yummy.ph/news-
trends/yellow-mango-surplus-philippines-luzon-2019-a00260-20190603.

Anatomy of the referencing:

Creator’s Creator’s Comma & Full stop & The Title of the Photograph s within two inverted commas Full stop Title of the webpage
Surname Forename a space a space (In Italic) Comma

Melchor , Jim . “Because of the surplus of mangoes, some of these are given away for free.” Yummy.ph ,
Summit Media , 2018 , https://www.yummy.ph/news-trends/yellow-mango-surplus-philippines-luzon-2019-a00260-20190603 .

Comma & a Space Web Address Full stop

 Referencing an Online Video in MLA 8
YouTube Video: Fishing Adventures in Malaysia by Eric Ellena.

Required Metadata of the Video:

1. Creator(s) Name: Eric Ellena
2. Title of the Video: Fishing Adventures in Malaysia
3. Title of the Website: YouTube.com
4. Date of Creation: May 5, 2016
5. Web Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNsWzRNbYo0

Referencing the Video:

Ellena, Eric. “Fishing Adventures in Malaysia.” YouTube.com, 5 May, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNsWzRNbYo0.

Anatomy of the referencing:

Creator’s Creator’s Comma & Full stop & Full stop Title of the webpage Date of Creation
Surname Forename a space a space (In Italic)

Ellena , Eric . “Fishing Adventures in Malaysia.” YouTube.com , 5 May 2016 ,

Web Address The Title of the Video within two inverted commas Comma & a Space

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNsWzRNbYo0 . Full stop at the end

In Text Citation in MLA 8

Referencing goes at the end of the work in a different section named ‘References’ or sometimes ‘Bibliography’. But the quoted or paraphrased parts
are indicated by “In Text Citation.” For quotation, the quoted part is kept within two inverted commas. Where the quotation ends, the author’s
Surname and Page Number of the quoted part is to be provided within a First Bracket. This is in text citation. In case of Paraphrasing, some relevant
words may be used after the author’s surname and then page number is to be kept with in a first bracket for in text citation.

For Example:
Quoting: “Nothing before him but a life of toil and drudgery, rendered more bitter by every little smarting vexation and indignity
which tyrannical ingenuity could devise.” (Stowe 14-16).
Paraphrasing: Hawking described (109) Black Hole as an object that is smaller than its Schwarzschild radius.
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